Refuge International Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Support to Ministries in Honduras and Guatemala that provide support and assistance to children and their families. Refuge operates a resource center, Mission Point Resource Center, in Catacamas, Olancho, that provides educational and teaching material to parents and teachers. Our primary focus is Honduras where we fund a program BECA - which is a scholarship program which supports children to go to public schools with stipends which range from $20 to $100 per month. In 2025 we supported 17 young people. We operated four feeding programs for children which provide two meals per week to approximately 180 children in Jutiquile, La Mansion, Villa Nueva, and Trujillo. We distributed food baskets to needy families, distributing more than 200. A group of 21 traveled to Honduras in June and July 2025 and participated in campaigns with 17 Students from Baxter Institute and poured concrete floors in 3 houses and painted a church building. 4 Seminars were held, including one on Human Trafficking
- Income
- $101,794
- Spending
- $105,411
- Reserves
- 1.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (religion, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $105,411 spent. In 2025 support continued to Mission Point Resource Center in Catacamas, Olancho, providing training in Ethics, Teacher Training, Computer proficiency, and Church Leadership to families in approximately 63 congregation in Eastern Honduras. Approximately 5 teacher groups have been trained, and 10 students received a 13-week computer literacy course. In Honduras, we continued a BECA program, which provides stipends to 17 children allowing them to continue in public school. We also have feeding programs in four communities - Tegucigalpa, LaMansion, Trujillo and Jutiquile. Through these programs approximately 180 youngsters and a small number of older people are provided two meals per week. Our Resource Center and the group who traveled to Honduras in June and July distributed more than 200 food baskets. In September, we sponsored a Kids Against Packing event in Jacks Creek, TN and packaged more than 2800 dehydrated food packets containing more than 17,000 meals were sent to Honduras for distribution. Funds were also sent to Guatemala to help with food shortages in El Estor Isabel. and to purchase school backpacks and supplies for youngsters. Two ministers, Mario Alfaro, and Marlon Molina have been supported full time. These two men serve local churches but also travel throughout Olancho and Colon to deliver classes on Leadership training - a program called PROFORLE or Program for the Formation of Leaders. Our group of 21 people who traveled on a mission trip in June, hosted several seminars for the local congregations and poured concrete floors in three houses and painted an entire church building as well as distributing dozens of food baskets to needy families.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Relief International Inc (Washington, DC), EIN 95-4300662. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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